Need help with Ultima mg42 magazine

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I have acquired an ultima mg 42, its all in good order but does not have a drum mag.

I know I have seen discussion on this weapon here before but figured its some old post and I start again.

Im looking to see if any experiments have been made in putting a more modern box mag into a
ammo box with a feeder into the weapon?

In any event if anyone that has an Ultima or knows their way around one that can advise the best strategy I'd appreciate it.

Thanx

Tom
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[shadycadence]

Don't specifically know the Ultima, but an external magazine is an external magazine. I have this set up on my Air-Sharp .50 cal. It's basically the mechanism from a high-cap mag mounted in the bottom of a box that fits in the ammo can with a servo motor winding the mechanism. The motor is tied in to a relay to run when the trigger is pulled (or depressed on the .50) It feeds through a spring going to the gun. If you want to save some engineering time, get a powered "nutsack" mag for an M249, I think it will fit into an ammo can.(I don't have an 8mm ammo can to test with) Then just get a longer chunk of spring. Now if you're looking to build a 50 round assault drum, standby. I will be building two for my MG34, and could probably share the info.

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great info Thanx for the tips and if your drum project pans out let me know the specifics.

It sounds like I can rig up an ammo box [preferred] to run the system and I can hide it with a linked belt.



TG
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